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You ________ the novel for almost five hours．Why not join us and have a cup of tea?
- A.read
- B.had been read
- C.are reading
- D.have been reading
When I entered Berkeley. I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could 36 tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he 37 in class.
When I took the first exam, I was 38 to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper, 39 English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained 40 .
I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that 41 because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I 42 with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his 43 .
One more test before the final exam. One more 44 to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time, 45 the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my 46 did no good and everything 47 as before.
The last hurdle（障碍）was the final. No matter what 48 I got, it wouldn’t cancel C-pluses. I might as well kiss the 49 goodbye.
I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even 50 myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have 51 with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne’s office. He 52 to be expecting me. “If I gave you the A-pluses you 53 , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.”
I stared at him, 54 that his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head 55 , as I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.
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The clothes you wear. The food you eat. The color of your bedroom walls. Where you go and how you get there. The people you hang around with. What time you go to bed. What do these things have in common, you’re asking? They’re just a few examples of the many hundreds of things that your parents controlled for you when you were a child.
As a kid, you didn’t have a say in everything; your parents made decisions about everything from the cereal you ate in the morning to the pajamas you wore at night. And it’s a good thing, too—kids need this kind of protection on their own.
But finally, kids grow up and become teens. And part of being a teen is developing your own identity—one that is separate from your parents’. But as you change and grow into this new person who makes his own decisions, your parents have a difficult time adjusting(调整).
In many families, it is this adjustment that can cause a lot of fighting between teens and parents. And issues like the type of friends you have or your attitudes to partying can cause bigger arguments, because your parents still always want to protect you and keep you safe, no matter how old you are.
The good news about fighting with your parents get more comfortable with the idea that their teen has a right to certain opinions. It can take several years for parents and teens to adjust to their new roles, though. In the meantime, focus on communicating with your parents.
Sometimes this can feel impossible—like they just don’t see your point of view and never will. But talking and expressing your opinions can help you gain more respect from your parents.
Keep in mind, too, that your parents were teens once and that in most cases, they can relate to what you’re going through.
1.In the first two paragraphs, the writer________.
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A．complains that parents control kids too much. |
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B．proves that kids have no right to give their opinions. |
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C．describes how carefully parents look after kids |
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D．explains that it is necessary for parents to control kids |
2.A lot of fighting breaks out between teens and parents because________.
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A．parents aren’t used to losing control of kids |
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B．teens like to have everything decided |
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C．parents blame teens for not respecting them |
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3.In the opinions of the writer, parents control teens in order to ________.
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A．prevent them from having their own ideas |
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B．protect them from being hurt |
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C．make them respect parents in family |
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D．make sure that children have a good future. |
4.The underlined word “this” in paragraph 6 may refer to “________”.
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A．arguing with friends |
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B．fighting with your parents |
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C．communicating with parents |
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D．adjusting to new roles |
5.What might be the most suitable title for the passage?
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A．What do parents control their children for? |
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B．How parents take are of children? |
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C．How to get rid of your parents’ control? |
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D．Why do I fight with parents so much? |
There are two ways to save money traveling. The first way is to get the best deals on the specific things you want. There is a limitation to this type of approach (途径，方法) though. If you find the lowest price on the best hotel in Honolulu at the height of the season, you will save money, but still have a very expensive vacation. Trying to get exactly what you want will generally be an expensive proposition, in travel and in life.
The other approach is to be a true opportunist. This will be difficult for some of you, and entirely unacceptable to others. Nonetheless (尽管如此)，the travelers who get to travel the most, go to the widest variety of places, learn the most and do the most, are the opportunists. This will be true until you are so wealthy that you have no monetary (货币的；钱的)limits.
The first time I went to Ecuador, I went there because it was cheap. If it wasn’t, I would have had a great time—somewhere else. The trip lasted a month, and cost $1045, which included airfare and even the $130 fee for a guide to take me to the top or glacier (冰川) covered Mount Chimborazo.
I cut the cost by taking a bus from my home in Michigan to Miami, and back again when I returned from Ecuador. The round-trip ticket cost $158. The round-trip flight to Quito from Miami was only $256, because it was a courier (信使，通讯员) flight, which meant I signed for some luggage(car parts), and could only take carry-on luggage.
Never did I feel deprived, or bored. I had a great time, eating wherever it was cheap and clean, doing all sorts of inexpensive, but interesting things, and traveling across the country to climb Chimborazo. I also met and fell in love with my wife Ana.
Being an opportunist means you’ll have just as much variety, and probably almost everything you want—eventually. You just have to stop trying to get exactly what you want exactly when you want it. If the guide that took me up Chimborazo hadn’t dropped his price from $200 to $130, I would have spent $2 for a bus and gone hiking on EI Altar, another great Andean mountain. That would have left me with enough money for several other minor adventures.
1.The underlined phrase “the best deals” in the first paragraph probably refers to ______.
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A．the best service |
B． the lowest price |
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C．the cheapest goods |
D． the best approaches |
2.The return tickets from his hometown to Quito cost the author ______.
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A．$128 |
B． $256 |
C． $207 |
D． $414 |
3.The last paragraph was to tell us how to ______.
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A．save money for minor adventures |
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B．cut down traveling costs. |
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C．deal with different situations |
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D．become opportunist travelers |
4.It’s suggested that the author _____.
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A．went hiking on El Altar |
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B．traveled with his wife in Ecuador |
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C．is an opportunist traveler |
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D．likes traveling around the world |
5.Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?
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A．Cheap Travel Secrets |
B． Travel Secrets |
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C．A Travel Opportunist |
D． Travel Tips |